Grain Future Trade Halted as Senate Rejects Food Speculation Amendment
Washington May 15 The Senate voted 49 to 24 against Senator Thomas Colorado amendment to halt boards of trade stock exchanges and chambers of commerce from speculating in food futures. Chicago Board of Trade then acted to curb May corn and May oats trading for two days. Grain exchanges from major cities met in Chicago to coordinate nationwide limits with hopes of extending prohibitions until further notice. July wheat slipped to 2.55, September to 2.28, while corn and oats showed mixed gains and losses.
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Senate
Gregory Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
Stock Exchanges
Thomas
Colorado
Congress
Chicago
Gronna
United States
Chicago Board
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Council of Grain Exchanges
Middle West
Courcil of Grain
Minneapolis
Duluth
Toledo
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Charles R. Crane Case: Chicago Man Nered on Russian Micro
Chicago man Charles R. Crane faces a legal action connected to Russian micro devices. Details show a notable figure involved in a transnational matter with implications for national policy and security. Proceedings indicate ongoing scrutiny by authorities.
Zeppelin L-22 Destroyed by British Forces
The British admiralty reported the destruction of Zeppelin L-22 in the North Sea after a sighting near Terschelling. The loss marks a fourth raid failure in a year, with prior Zeppelins shot down over London and the English coast, and another near Paris. В
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London
North Sea
Admiralty
Terschelling
Holland
Reuter
Harlingen
Paris
Prestigious Minister Surrenders to Face Villisca Ax Murders
Des Moines files report that Rev. Lynn George J. Kelly, an itinerant Presbyterian minister, has surrendered in Red Oak Iowa on a first degree murder indictment linked to the 1912 Villisca axe killings. He allegedly discussed the crime in Macedonia Iowa and later taught in Carroll and Winners South Dakota while presenting dissolute conduct toward women.
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Des Moines
Lynn George J. Kelly
Red Oak
Kelly
Joe Moore
Villisca
Moore
Gumnests
Macedonia
Carroll
Sioux Falls
S. D
Federal Hospital
Washington
Sutton, Ed
Alto Pass
St. Louis
Moore Ax
Iowa
Burns
F. E. Jones
State Board of Education
H. M. Hayner
Winners
S. PD
At Winners
Senate Passes Spy Bill Amid Prohibition Clash
Washington May 15 The senate approved the espionage bill 77 to 6 with key anti spy provisions intact. It voted 47 to 37 to strike Cummins food conservation amendments in favor of wartime prohibition measures and heard strong support from public figures urging national prohibition to conserve food and boost production.
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Senate
Borah
France
la Follette
Granna Sherman
Wardamen
House
Cummins
Tl Am
F. A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Howard Elliott
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Capper
Kansas
Indiana Beats Illinois 5–0 In Bloomington Baseball
Indiana pitchers dominated Illinois as Ridley struck out twelve and held the Orange and Black to four scattered hits. The Hoosiers secured a 5 to 0 conference victory in Bloomington.
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Indiana
Illinois
Bloomington
Ind
Hoosiers
Ridley
Knox Jr. Granted Divorce in Reno Desertion Suit
Reno Nevada May 15 Philander C Knox Jr son of Senator Knox of Pennsylvania was granted a divorce on the ground of desertion Mrs Knox did not contest and withdrew opposition after an out of court settlement
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Young Knox
Reno
Nev
Philander C., Knox Jr
Senator Knox
Pennsylvania
Knox
King George and Queen Mary Tour Northwest England Factories
King George and Queen Mary began a tour of north western England inspecting factories and other war work. The royal visit highlighted industrial output and wartime production during May.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
England
War Minister Guchkoff Resigns in Russia Cabinet
General Guchkoff, minister of war, resigns in Petrograd after similar move by General Korniloff. Korniloff cites garrison control struggles and executive committee demands for approval of all orders. Guchkoff, long a Octobrist figure, had urged troops and workers to back the government and sustain the war.
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Petrograd
Guchkoff
Korniloff
Council of Workmen and Soldiers
Octoberist
Draft Could Hit 100 Ball Players Across Leagues
Chicago May 15 Over 100 ball players in minor and major leagues face the selective draft. President Johnson of the American league says magnates won t try to block athletes who wish to serve, but they hope the big leagues may finish the season without disrupting teams.
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Chicago
Mnor
Johnson
American Legue
Anarchists Evacuate Stronghold in Petrograd
Rebels linked to the Schlus selberg revolt evacuate their base at the home of the duke of Leuchmsenberg in Petrograd as authorities seal the area.
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Petrograd
Schlusselberg
Market Report Shows Mixed Livestock and Grain Quotations
Hog receipts at 28 000 with light shipping lorries at 16 25 to 16 45 and heavy packs 12 25 to 14 85. Cattle receipts 18 000 with steer quotes 11 75 to 12 65 and cows 9 15 to 9 75. Grain prices listed for wheat corn oats butter eggs and poultry across several markets including Kansas City and East Buffalo. Livestock prices across all notes reflect firmer hogs and steady to higher cattle with varied veal and sheep values.
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Kansas City
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
Fast Buffalo
N. Y
German Losses Mount as Arras Front Remains Stalled
Petrograd reports Hindenburg shifts forty divisions from the eastern front to the west. Between April 16 and May 1 German casualties on the French front reached 200,000 with about 50,000 prisoners taken by French and British forces. Arras battle enters its sixth week with renewed artillery fire and stubborn German holdouts at Bullecourt Roeux and surrounding positions.
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London
Petrograd
Hindenburg
Teutons
Arras
Bullecourt
Vilage
Roeux
Oppy
Baseball Results From New York Brooklyn Boston and Philadelphia
Baseball results from New York, Brooklyn, Boston, and Philadelphia show multiple games with final scores and key pitchers or players named. Doak, Snyder, Anderson, Sallee, Rariden, McCarty appear for New York. Toney, Wingo, Cadore, Smith, Meyers for Brooklyn. Douglas, Wilson, Rudolph, Gowdy for Chicago and Boston. Jacobs, Fischer, Alexander, Killifer for Philadelphia.
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New York
St. Louis
Doak and Snyder
Anderson, Sallee
Rariden
McCarty
Brooklyn
R.H E
Cincinnati
Toney
Wingo
Cadore, Smith and Meyers
Boston
Chicago
Douglas and
Wilson
Rudolph and
Gowdy
Philadelphia
R. Fi. EB
Pittsburgh
Jacobs
Fischer
Alexander
Killifer
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Charles R. Crane
American Press Association
O’brien
William O’brien
City of
Cork
Butterfield
John Redmond
Meade
Preasher
AX Murders
Lynn G. J. Kelly
Owa
Joe
Villascalona
Omaha World Herald
Council Bluffs
Ling
Havner
Winner
Out—La Follette
Rede
Henry P Davison
Morgan
The
Red Cross War Council
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Eack
Cash Grain
Kaiser Ci Alps
Berlin
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Chi Wash
Cleve
Phil
R. H. E. New York
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Nannamaker
Davenport, Rogers and Severeid
Cleveland
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